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Prefecture Apostolic in the Philippine Islands; comprises Palawan, Cuyo, Culion, Twahig, and Calamines Islands. It was separated from the Diocese of Jaro on 11 April, 1910, and confided to the Augustinians. The first prefect Apostolic is Mgr. Fernando Hermand y d'Arenas, who resides at Puerto Princesa. The Jesuits and Sisters of St. Paul have houses on Culion where a leper settlement under government control has been established.
Catholic Directory (Milwaukee, 1911).
APA citation. Palawan. (1911). In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11417b.htm
MLA citation. "Palawan." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. <https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11417b.htm>.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. February 1, 1911. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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